March 1, 2022 by V Leigh

The cruelty is the point, the prison industrial complex is made to exploit the poor

The cruelty is the point, the prison industrial complex is made to exploit the poor https://t.co/O0gXhrM7cN
— Shaunrade (@BetterWorld86) February 24, 2022

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The number of incarcerated women was over 7X higher in 2019 than in 1980.

Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies that lead to their criminalization. https://t.co/pCHksSxX4O
— The Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) February 8, 2022

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Few are familiar with the prison industry and fewer know the extent of its greed. This invisibility has protected it and its exploitative practices. That ends now. A year delayed due to COVID-19, today my TED Talk is out!

Thank you @TEDTalks @TEDFellow https://t.co/RGKXrZpx0l
— Bianca (@BiancaTylek) May 24, 2021

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The NYTimes putting out the same tired coppaganda just replacing chain stores with “small businesses”. They never miss an opportunity to shill for the prison industrial complex. https://t.co/DjuCJpqAjW
— Party like it’s 1347 (@ExpectingWords) February 28, 2022

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January 29, 2022 by V Leigh

The goal of the system is to oppress…

“The goal of the system is to oppress… There are better, more cost-effective, less racist ways to get to health and safety. That’s what want. And we’re doing it all wrong.”@ScottHech explains how being a public defender turned him into an abolitionisthttps://t.co/gY3pATipvM pic.twitter.com/Le8WQwSNw1
— AWKWORD (@AWKWORDrap) December 9, 2021

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Our organization has always advocated against over-incarceration.

But what #COVID19 uncovered is: our country’s obsession with locking people up in jails and prisons as a first response to everything is NOT a solution–it actually endangers us all.
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— Alliance for Safety and Justice (@SafeandJustUSA) April 9, 2020

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Today I’m filming a segment for a brilliant documentary on Rikers Island penitentiary.

🚨 The cost of incarceration there is a staggering $556,539 per year PER PERSON, or $1,525 a day. CRAZY!!

Tuition, room, and board at HARVARD is $75,891.

You get what you invest in.
— Shaun King (@shaunking) January 28, 2022

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I live across the street from this Days Inn and, unless someone’s learned something I haven’t, I don’t have the faintest idea what juvenile incarceration laws have to do with what happened. It’s beyond shameful to use a woman’s death to propagate unrelated—and harmful—policy https://t.co/OybdpwxPwr
— Elyssa Feder (@elyssafeder) January 27, 2022

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“Biden’s visit…is an opportunity for this nation’s leader to witness firsthand the horrendous conditions NYers endure each day on Rikers Island — conditions that should serve as a reminder of why incarceration is not a panacea for public safety concerns.”https://t.co/F4GGGAXQf3
— The Legal Aid Society (@LegalAidNYC) January 28, 2022

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January 31, 2020 by V Leigh

Another inmate died in Mississippi’s Parchman prison

The death of India Cummings—she suffered a mental breakdown, was seen smearing food on herself+lying in a pool of her own urine—brought national attention to Erie County, NY jails. But the deaths haven't stopped: on average, 1 person dies every 6 months. https://t.co/oH0JtNzxqx

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) January 16, 2020

Yet another person has died in Parchman prison this morning. According to Mississippi DOC, Thomas Lee died of "apparent suicide."

10 people have died in Mississippi prisons, 8 in Parchman, in the last 3 weeks.

4 of the deaths were in the last 5 days.https://t.co/WS0kmFQVgj

— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) January 23, 2020

The Mississippi Governor who created Parchman prison said he made it to run as an “efficient slave plantation.” The most in-depth account of its conditions is a book named “Worse than Slavery.” It was designed to exacerbate black enslavement, as we’re seeing with each news story. https://t.co/mrKL5XMgWU

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 25, 2020

The conditions in Parchman are dangerous and inhumane, and we are seeing the deadly consequences. As we fight to end mass incarceration, our government needs to meet basic human rights standards for the people under its care. #MSPrisonReformNow https://t.co/vleQMhL5yL

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 23, 2020

We often talk about the fact that the death penalty is racist, arbitrary, and error-prone. It has an emotional and psychological toll on the people forced to carry it out — prison guards, wardens, and witnesses. https://t.co/TuUXn5D8NS

— ACLU (@ACLU) January 9, 2020

Why does the U.S. have the highest incarceration rate in the world?

Because we criminalize poverty.
Because we criminalize homelessness.
Because we criminalize addiction.

Because we make recidivism easy.
Because we make finding employment hard.

Let's imagine something better.

— Mckayla Wilkes for Congress (@MeetMckayla) January 29, 2020

February 28, 2018 by V Leigh

The school-to-prison pipeline punishes kids of color for being poor

Prisons in North Carolina and Florida bar inmates from reading Michelle Alexander’s THE NEW JIM CROW. Prisoners in other states also have had trouble obtaining a copy. “Perhaps they worry the truth might actually set the captives free,” she told @nytimes. https://t.co/5rmZeOAZSY

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 20, 2018

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Segregation can be deadly, especially to those already struggling.
This revelation shows that AL has not changed its practices, fails to consider the impact of segregation on mental health, and does not properly monitor or treat those in its care. https://t.co/L1aihzlekT

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 8, 2018

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The school-to-prison pipeline punishes kids of color for being poor || By Anna Deavere Smith https://t.co/ZUnI6Mf7sa

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) February 24, 2018

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January 20, 2017 by V Leigh

Criminal records are keeping millions of men out of the workforce — and it’s hurting the economy

U.S. IMPRISONMENT RATE FALLS TO LOWEST SINCE 1997: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT………. https://t.co/RfgTFz2Ap9

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 31, 2016

U.S. still incarcerates its citizens at much higher rates than almost any other country on earth https://t.co/pzOtRsy1zu by @DanielDenvir

— SPLC (@splcenter) January 11, 2017

Missouri bill could get rid of mandatory minimum sentences https://t.co/jpzASFfSZr

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 5, 2017

Criminal records are keeping millions of men out of the workforce — and it’s hurting the economy https://t.co/2vwEclcorO

— SPLC (@splcenter) January 7, 2017

October 29, 2016 by V Leigh

At this prison, inmates can be left with wrists and ankles cuffed for hours, days and sometimes weeks at a time.

Restraints so tight they cause nerve damage. Paper clothing in winter weather. Disturbing report on a federal prison https://t.co/EixqasGK1C pic.twitter.com/LjLsmmFWno

— SPLC (@splcenter) October 26, 2016

“If Obama Can Forgive Me, Why Can’t She?”—Woman Whose Sentence Was Commuted Still in Jail Thanks to Florida DA | https://t.co/nVCqP0GFOb

— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) October 23, 2016

Class-action suit seeks reform to 'unjust' jail bond system that crushes poor minorities in Cook County https://t.co/n3IBGR5ZlM

— Mitchell Armentrout (@mitchtrout) October 19, 2016

👇🏽is why criminal justice reform is needed now! How does someone languish in jail for 3yrs w/o a trial? Miscarriage of justice. https://t.co/EnoUmqkQIu

— Crystal (@YesSheWrites) October 18, 2016

At this prison, inmates can be left with wrists and ankles cuffed for hours, days and sometimes weeks at a time. https://t.co/Dbiy0naHwD

— AllThingsConsidered (@npratc) October 26, 2016

December 22, 2015 by V Leigh

#PrisonReform Tweets 12.21

The UN, 4 Congressmen & the NYTimes are among those who called for the release of Louisiana prisoner #AlbertWoodfox– https://t.co/7lqClUdgUR

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) December 12, 2015

After inmate's death, what's really going on inside Santa Clara County jail?: https://t.co/AkXe5SEbdx via @MercNews

— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) December 20, 2015

@getgln @SaucySisTah The death penalty in the USA is an instrument of racist terror and class oppression, and always was.

— Hendriks (@egosumhicetnunc) December 11, 2015

If we do not change the system, a black male born today stands a one in four chance of spending time in prison. That is unacceptable.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 14, 2015

The off this chart U.S. incarceration rate for women https://t.co/Jhna9k0YiH pic.twitter.com/vtS8ql37le

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 14, 2015

2.3 mil adults & kids in cages in US, more than pop of Houston, TX or state of New Mexico. https://t.co/Ti9nkiMA3D pic.twitter.com/iOyo25MXqV

— Prison Policy Init. (@PrisonPolicy) December 8, 2015

October 29, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Criminalizing the Classroom: Inside the School-to-Prison Pipeline

New York City has more than 5,000 police officers patrolling the city’s schools—that’s more than the combined number of school guidance counselors and social…

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What you see in the screen grab of the video is a special needs Latino child who has been handcuffed on the biceps because the handcuffs were too loose for his wrists. A Black special needs student was also handcuffed.

American – stop this – seriously – stop.

October 10, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Ex-Rikers Island inmates call for shutdown of infamous prison

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is beginning a campaign to curb violence and prison abuse at Rikers Island, but former inmates want more than just policy reforms: They are calling for the prison to be closed down. Egor Piskunov reports from New York City and speaks with former inmates.

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October 2, 2015 by V Leigh

#PrisonReform Tweets 10.1

Why are kids in the US, as young as 11, held in solitary? Help stop this now. Sign your name http://t.co/u20qYZz6U1 https://t.co/S8Jdvd0FDW

— Fusion (@ThisIsFusion) September 29, 2015

Who Watches Inmate Executions in the U.S.? http://t.co/H0PjaT9EJq

— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) September 29, 2015

NYC Bar Association Urges Reduction of #MassIncarceration in Report #FreeAmerica @acholcomb @LetsFreeAmerica http://t.co/wCJo3gZMQs

— Slingblade (@cbisp) September 30, 2015

#AlbertWoodfox had his convictions overturned TWICE … yet has Not been freed after 43 YRS in Solitary Confinement – http://t.co/BTSoiPA8Mr

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 1, 2015

.@blacksnob shares why it’s time to end practice of putting juveniles in solitary confinement http://t.co/r4hRnyk79M pic.twitter.com/1Twlr0Jinc

— The Root (@TheRoot) October 1, 2015

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